Queues of people 'sunburnt, dehydrated' as regional NSW towns struggle with COVID-19 PCR tests demand

 Sancia West and her seven-year-old twin daughters are bracing for a long wait for a COVID-19 test in regional NSW after they were deemed by health authorities as close contacts of a positive case.  

As COVID-19 daily cases soar into their thousands, a six-hour wait at testing clinics has become the norm in recent days as the state's health system is inundated with close contacts, people with symptoms and those who need a test to travel interstate.

Queuing outside at a testing clinic in Gosford, on the state's central coast, Dr West said she had has asked health workers to prioritise daughter Elizabeth, who has autism and intellectual disabilities.

Read More: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-12-28/regional-covid-testing-woes/100728232



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